Ten Minute English and British History #05 -The Vikings and the Danelaw

[@HistoryMatters]

Back on schedule now. Sorry about the changes. All future episodes will be released on Fridays. Also, I'd like to thank my Patreon supporters for allowing me to buy a new mic. I'm also starting on the World History videos again now (Thirty Years' War). I can't give a date on when it'll be out but just to let you know they're coming again.

[@eoinharrington2692]

Ten Minute History its pronounced duv lin ( as in bin)

[@Max-mk1jo]

10 Minute History of the Great Nordic War

[@TuvyahJ]

Nice to have you back!

[@bakugo9761]

Barlie Checkwith hey!!! Thanks for the hard work! Do one about the post WWII please? And maybe about the 1968's all around the world!!

[@Radicoly]

Where do you find maps of England's geography? I tried looking but I couldn't find anything, specifically a source for this: 1:38

[@DCdabest]

That historical map really throws into perspective how much things can change in a couple hundred years.

[@peterhobo]

It's more than a couple hundred, it's over 1000

[@TheMightofDab]

​@@peterhoboif you believe the 900-1800 era actually "happened", you're so dumb lol

[@Thecommander248]

Snottingham being renamed Nottingham is one of the unintentionally best decisions made in history. Can you imagine being born in Snottingham and anyone taking you seriously?

[@shima125]

Snottingham forest just doesn't roll of the tongue

[@MorgorDre]

I bet the Snerrif got something to do with it!?

[@robertrobert7924]

And being referred to as a "Snotty" by outsiders would be so humiliating.

[@sentinal2343]

IMAGINE MAKING THAT CLAIM? HOW STUPID DOES ONE HAVE TO BE?

[@Dreagostini]

@@sentinal2343 Imagine yelling in caps and believe you're seriously in any way.

[@dudexyzu9415]

I like how the angles and jutes came from the same place to Danes came from, so the angles and jutes fighting the Danes would be like fighting your brother or cousin

[@Outside85]

And what will really boil your noodle is that the later Normans were also descendants of Danish Vikings who had been beating up the French into giving them some land and stop setting Paris on fire.

[@Paul-fl7fs]

Outside _85 and the the norman duke who conquered England and became its king, William. Was a direct descendant of the norwegian viking duke of paris, Rollo lmao.

[@sexykids6500]

When will the fake news talk about the historical white on white crime?!

[@johan8969]

@@Paul-fl7fs Its pretty likely that he was a dane though. We dont know much about the life of Rollo, but we do know a lot about his descendants. They were all taught danish (or rather the danish dialect of old norse) in Rouen and in De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum commissioned by Richard l (Rollos grandson) they mention a town called Faxe on Zealand.

[@Paul-fl7fs]

@@johan8969 Historians say he was Norwegian so I say the same.

[@threaruscamuwundra7417]

Snottingham>Nottingham

[@DaJalster28]

Threarus Camuwundra This is Shottingham, thanks you very much. The ting goes skrappa pap...

[@INeed333Quid]

When he first said Snottingham I didn;t know if it was a joke diss so had to google it

[@SynphamyMusic]

Some of us still call it Snottingham

[@adriantsui9566]

Sheriff of Snottingham definitely sounds better

[@Hypnopotimus27]

Snerrif of Snottingham

[@andrewbachman698]

Can’t wait till our boy Harold Hardrada shows up

[@arawn1061]

Andrew Bachman then dies

[@LouisKing995]

Andrew Bachman yeah I mean he didn’t do that well in Britain tbh. A great guy, but his invasion of Britain basically put an end to the Viking age. A pretty big failure

[@SKEPGFX]

Aron Johansson Spoilers

[@jedthemech4]

SDM zzz. Z z. Z. Z. Z

[@garyhewitt489]

Hardrada will receive 7foot of English soil seeing that he is taller than most.

[@paige4404]

If you have the old coastline of how Britain looked, shouldn't you keep using it throughout the video, instead of using the new map?

[@davidedwards9097]

Effort!

[@pphyjynx8217]

it really is when understanding how the vikings managed to invade places

[@mankytoes]

You ain't from East Anglia (lucky you).

[@bennyt4903]

@@mankytoes i am and im proud. Thomson son of Thomson

[@ahyan14]

Agust Nation would look weird for someone today

[@AppleBiscuits]

Ivar the Boneless? *B O N E L E S S*

[@thedemon0843]

pizza

[@jonas5689]

Ivar Filé

[@xjgbgaming3480]

Yes. I bet you can figure out why he was called that lol

[@the_rover1]

ye, he had troubles getting on an erection, you know. the boner-less. you know. there wasn't any pfizer in those days. you know.

[@beersmurff]

His recorded name was Ivar Beinlausi though. Boneless is a modern translation. Beinlausi can mean many things. Lack of bones, lack of legs and even restless. The Irish monks on Shetland recorded some verses about a person called Ivar Beinlausi who travelled to England and later back to Denmark and then to the Baltics. Aka a very restless man.

[@louiscallahan3720]

Halfdan's coin looked more like a CD at first. I thought he was throwing down a fire Norse-metal album, detailing his time in the Great Heathen Army.

[@Bastogne1944]

Skyrim belongs to the nords.

[@killerOfMoons]

Glory to the Empire, you Dominion puppets!

[@michaeljian9138]

Death to the false emperor! Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne!

[@Marcus280898]

The Jarl of Whiterun

[@teddybeddy123]

General S. Patton Long live the Empire! Long live the Emperor!

[@flynn659]

*Talos worship intensifies*

[@michaeldobson2433]

So interesting to see how the British coast has changed. Thanks for the upload. Really enjoy these videos.

[@sentinal2343]

You think the coast has changed in 1300 years? ha ha ha simpleton, ha ha may be 13000 years ha ha

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@@sentinal2343 Coming from you I don't think calling someone a 'simpleton' is a good idea, Sentinal.

[@sentinal2343]

@@Wotsitorlabart you think? you,re scarying me, people like you trying to think never ends well!

[@oskardahle2478]

@@sentinal2343 scarying?

[@thisguy8106]

The Great Heathen Army- "There are dozens of us!"... 🤣🤣.. I swear man, it's the little comedy in your videos that get me the most.. lol!

[@alexbowman7582]

Meikle heaben here. Great heathen army.

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Eric Bloodaxe that sounds like a name for a awesome heavy metal band

[@laszlobandi6456]

that, or a half blind woodcutter

[@klausj290]

Wasn’t expecting my home town Scunthorpe to get a shout out

[@deathmisser85]

Same with Derby and he said it are Darby : - ).

[@jackspence6061]

Also from Scunthorpe!

[@Dddome96]

How did the English coastline change so much in so little time?

[@treatyofwindsor]

The east coast is mainly marsh area, especially in Lincolnshire

[@Dddome96]

Treaty of Windsor thanks :)

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

That's still a pretty huge land area.

[@zakback9937]

Now it seems more interesting to see how parts of the world looked like.

[@Dddome96]

^ true

[@BadMouse101]

I really think you should go into more detail about 1:35. I literally am like "WHAT!?" And can't find any closure.

[@icameherejusttocomment550]

BadMouseProductions BOO!

[@dakotataylor2712]

Most of that land was marshes that was later reclaimed for settlement and agriculture. Also, this time was about the time of the Medieval Warm Period which would have most likely effected sea levels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

[@brandonhuynh4528]

Didn’t know Bad Mouse watched 10 minute History.

[@SuperBadadan]

fucking commie

[@luxy2854]

Love yer vids m8 solidarity forever

[@GeneralPrincessDaisy]

6:42 Scunthorpe, the city that failed to get past the filters.

[@firstcynic92]

Jackninja5 Does Penistone get by the same filters?

[@GeneralPrincessDaisy]

First Cynic Does Lightwater?

[@mt7able]

2:11 "My Lord, the Vikingr have seized the important city of Nottingham" "Nottingham... Snottingham"

[@WHATISUTUBE]

WOAH now the English Coastline changed that much in 1000 years? That's actually incredibly rapid change in such a short span of time.

[@Ruminations09]

If you have access to an accurate map of what Britain looked like at the time, why are you using a current map of Britain?

[@pphyjynx8217]

it does make it harder to understand though

[@damionag]

@Grayson DuBose You realize that this is all because of land reclamation projects in England right

[@reinatr4848]

Because he'd have to keep changing it.

[@sexykids6500]

@Woiller- Relic ignorant man of pithy remarks. Your beliefs don't negate documented events and scientific facts.

[@ahaddix]

Jason Wheaton Climate Change wouldn’t ADD land mass

[@danielcuevas5899]

Be warned: Assassins Creed fans are going to invade this video soon.

[@hoh5590]

No they won’t, they’re not happy with the new game because Ubisoft isn’t doing ninja stuff.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

@@hoh5590 What? Why. There's plenty of sneaky stuff in the stories at least. The overall lack of traditional honor in vikings make a perfect fit for this kind of shit.

[@hoh5590]

MrSnowman I agree but that’s not what they’re saying

[@darrenbutler9819]

@@hoh5590 no clue what you are talking about, am excited for new Valhalla game.

[@W0DAN88]

@k10a06p2000 Still waiting for S2 The show/manga went to shit as soon as the prince came

[@pandabear4565]

2:01 Destiny is All!

[@peroz1000]

Your videos are always interesting to watch, being informative and amusing at the same time. Keep up the good work and do a similar series about France , Germany etc if you have the time.Greetings from Brazil!

[@sentinal2343]

He doesn,t know what he is talking about, this is "state education" you were taught at school, you weren,t bright then and nothing has changed, you still know nothing!

[@christiansorensen7567]

Concise and accurate. I just came from a more "official" history channel, where what the historian was saying wasn't backed up with any evidence, and contrary to what I've studied for my English Literature major. History does matter- strong work.

[@MistaFadora]

2:09 I sneezed as you said Snottingham

[@tomsmith8006]

These episodes are so good! This is what youtube was made for.

[@sentinal2343]

Did you not go to school? this is what this is but a really POOR version which can easily be debunked on ALL points, simply hilarious!

[@johnlomax2502]

I found this to be quite a good, simple, but straight forward description of historical events that happened in England in those times, according to historical records. As far as what the records show...... I am American, and a recent ancestry DNA test showed myself and my siblings that we are 38 percent Germanic and 55 percent from English and Scottish ancestry, which is a very common admixture among families where I grew up in the US. A recent data base update showed that my family has a small percentage of Danish and Swedish added to that in which we knew nothing about. I believe that this percentage of Scandinavian genes is directly due to this period in English history. Thank you for the synopsis..

[@Tsukiko.97]

"Don't waste your time looking back, you are not going that way" - Ragnar Lothbrok.

[@greatalexander3820]

The marshlands were reclaimed throughout the years.

[@reaper411b]

Absolutely love your content my man

[@talhahhussain5603]

England: *exists* Vikings: It's free real estate.

[@MrRapidPotato]

Sources for map at 1:39 ? I can't find anything on the map being that different.

[@pascalt.4067]

Regarding that obvious change of having a giant part of the ocean in east Anglia

[@bnap3221]

MrRapidPotato plonker

[@AnaPaula-rn9et]

Tbh this is not that accurate because most of it isn’t sea, it’s swamps and alluvium, not just sea.

[@flyingsheep567]

Ana Paula: I guess the distinction is that it wasn’t usable land, and was very wet, like the sea. Also means there wouldn’t have to be lots of new colours on a simple map.

[@jamestang1227]

monk: the danes are coming viking: I'm Swedish monk: Swedish Danish same thing viking: Did you just call me Danish, you gonna get extra murdered tonight

[@arawn1061]

James Tang "did you just assume My village?"- Ingvar Andersson

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

That's nothing compared to what the Finns do when that happens

[@rambard5599]

Xavier Saavedra Ride you down from atop an elk while tossing molotov cocktails on your face?

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Rambard ;)

[@patcola7335]

@Woiller- Relic Danes, Norwegians,Swedes, Angles,Saxons and Jutes were all genetically related.

[@lukaskelly45]

Hehe Snotingham

[@cow_tools_]

I want to go to bed, but I can't stop watching. I thought England would be united two episodes ago! Hahahah.

[@FlamingYgo]

Since I've seen vikings and the last kingdom this is really fun to watch.

[@mrmr-xb6dj]

Did you get a new microphone? you sound a lot more clear than your previous videos, also I extremely like your content and I'm going to say I think in a few weeks your channel is going to quote on quote blow up. Also, i think you should do a series on Brandenburg the predecessor to Prussia and it unifying Germany, Good Luck with more videos I love them.

[@Neonator08]

he's finally a touch slower too, which helps

[@majolko]

This man really typed out 'quote unquote'... Oh my fucking god

[@sentinal2343]

Why was Germany NOT unified? see if you have ANY common sense!

[@kingt0295]

“The great northern army” is such a badass name

[@CosmicCreeper99]

My God, the Robin Hood musical was correct in its Snottingham joke!

[@fuzzypickles3129]

Another fantastic episode, mate!

[@willhooke]

Imagine what would have happened if they sent Fulldan instead! 😲

[@Pallandokenos]

People expects or ask for too much details from a channel that literally named "Ten Minute History" -- i mean the content is pretty much clear -- topics have to be summarized.

[@danielklimovich]

Snottingham. I chuckled.🤭

[@robertromero5528]

Could you provide more information on the greatly altered coastline? Links or suggested reading would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. I love your series.

[@pphyjynx8217]

most of the flooded land wasn't deep, mostly marshes and swamps, as the population increased and technology improved most of the swamps were drained and used for agriculture.

[@The-Aurum-Rider]

.... So the main take-away I got from this video is that the Vikings beat the Snott out of Nottingham. Got it.

[@alexbowman7582]

The Germans have a word schwerpunkt meaning hammer point basically hit them hard at one area. In those times it would take at least a few days to assemble a large army

[@geokou7645]

1:40 ck3 lied to me. Also, why didn’t you use the the coastline as it was back then for the maps?

[@bakugo9761]

I seriously LOVE this channel. It is so informative and fun! You know, I really enjoy history and I find it pretty fascinating how small things can incite life-changing events, and how everything just simply... connects in a way. I am truly grateful for this channel and for all your hard work; it just makes it sooo much easier for me to learn more about this world, and it just satisfies my curiousity! Thank you man!

[@Jrobwhodat]

are yall gonna do more series in the future? huge fan of this series

[@volturnes4734]

the monk saying "come at me bro" was amazing

[@lecterulyanov3853]

You guys are great

[@jeffjeffries3469]

Thanks KZbin/Google for inundating us with more unwanted advertising. Your greed for advertising dollars is quite impressive. Well done.

[@the_rover1]

2:09 'Snottingham' I laughed hard!

[@yarpen26]

Legend has it, when the Vikings came, they asked the locals about the name of the town and the locals, wanting to annoy them, started saying "Nottingham" every single time they met a Viking. After a while, the frustrated Vikings started answering with "Nottingham Snottingham!". And that's how the town was renamed...

[@mollyburger5120]

Thank you so much for this video, I had no clue what my Viking History book was talking about, this made so much more sense!

[@sentinal2343]

YOUR STILL IN THE SAME PLACE AS HE OBVIOUSLY AINT GOT A CLUE, YOU NIETHER, STATE EDUCATION IS A HELL OF A DRUG!

[@bikkiikun]

"Snottingham"... this really cracked me up...

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Thanks for mentioning the raid on Mercia in 874. That's where and when my family name originated.

[@ildart8738]

How do you pronounce it?

[@olaff9771]

@@ildart8738 Ggdivhjkjl

[@BryonLape]

Love the Old English names.

[@YusifTheBaldEagle]

Niweoforwic

[@Lanviku]

You explain in 10 minutes what would take me an hour.

[@SpeedBarnacle]

This helped me with my homework ty

[@bepsi6204]

Dubh Linn means black pool

[@ovaloctopus8]

Comrade Bepsi Marx The second best Blackpool on the isles lol

[@maozedong4940]

I feel very cheated out of 1 second of history :(

[@swevixeh]

4:09 this applied to the various jurisdictions of Scandinavia too. The lives of locals were worth more than the lives of their neighbours which were in turn worth more than the lives of more remote Scandinavians etc etc.

[@JarmamStuff]

Its quite Greek when you think about it, which will probably piss off everyone

[@basedViking]

Great video keep up the awesome work

[@bwhog]

"The Sheriff of Snottingham" just sound SO Mel Brooks! 🤣🤣

[@ibbi30]

0:47 No, Norse refers to Scandinavian Germanic people in the middle ages, Danes, Norwegians and Swedes (and Gutes I think), as well as the people living in their settlements across the Atlantic and elsewhere. Danes, along with Swedes and other related peoples, eventually started speaking East Norse while the Norwegians and related peoples such as Icelanders started speaking West Norse.

[@manuelkong10]

totally brilliant loved it

[@ryans930]

There are dozens of us! 1:10 . Lol

[@Phrenotopia]

0:30 Wait. "Vikingr" is Old Norse not Old English.

[@arawn1061]

Phrenomythic its funny. In Swedish "viking" means "den som bor i viken" aka "he who lives in a bay" Rough translation i know

[@aaronmarks9366]

Yeah, thought so too, as Old English lacked a 'v' sound. So the next question is: is Old English "wīcing" an approximation of the Norse "víkingr", or their own inherited cognate of it?

[@SG710]

Old English did have "v" sound, if "f" was in the middle of end of the word. And they called Vikings "wicing" which would be pron. "wiching" ("ch" as in Chester)

[@aaronmarks9366]

SG710 Ah right, it appeared as an allophone of /f/. But it wouldn't have appeared in initial position, which suggests "viking" is originally a Norse word.

[@basedViking]

That's cool to know my family name Kerr stems from the Old Norse kjarr which means marsh dweller

[@JarmamStuff]

Im not sure about the etymology of 'Viking' since there are (scarce) sources of memorial stones to Danes 'going to/in Viking' and dying on the trip. Its quite possible that in Old English the word would mean raider or pirate (for obvious reasons), but I am under the impression that its older

[@laszlobandi6456]

One part of skandinavia/norway is Vikin, it's on western side in the biggest concave bay, so probably closest bay?. I played too much ck3 I guess.

[@mrtulipeater]

Also, the current Danish word for viking is pronounced the same as what this video says is the old English pronunciation.

[@Man-O-Little-Tan]

3:33 whiterun guard just vibing in the corner

[@andrew7955]

1:38 umm how come? Were the sea levels higher?

[@kalashnikov5038]

Looking at the 250 likes + 1 (me) and no dislikes shows how amazing your channel is, thank you for enlightening me

[@adambelanger8258]

Im watching “The Last Kingdom” rn so this is enjoyable

[@josephrobinson6171]

Great video. Just want to note that Eoforwic is pronounced more like ‘Er-for-which’

[@levitschetter5288]

There's a show on Netflix about this now, called the last kingdom. Follows a guy named utrid in his service to alfred

[@eirikase7816]

Love these videos

[@macker220]

Great videos really enjoying them. Irish people pronounce Dubh - Linn as ‘Dove’ Linn, the emphasis on the B as it become Dublin came later

[@sentinal2343]

its always been Dublin as its not your language or land, but you don,t know that do you? or you wouldn,t ,make such stupid comments like your boy has the audacity to talk Britons history as if ANY of you are Britons therefore not British!

[@Jaynotes69]

are you doing the last kingdom just for me? thank you!

[@bladestar2322]

I'm watching this after finishing all 6 seasons of Vikings and 4 seasons of Last Kingdom! Same years from the opposite sides!

[@desmondd1984]

Better than either show are the Uhtred (Saxon Chronicles) books by Bernard Cornwell.

[@ivannovak4711]

get a life westoid

[@Sondrebol]

Interestingly, about the thing you said where place names usually ended with "by" or "thorpe". In both Norwegian and Dansih, "by" means "city". So even though it could just be a coincidence... that could probably be the reason behind it,

[@xal3xmedia]

As he said, "by" and "thorpe" were Norse words introduced into their English territories. Also English, Danish and Norwegian are all descendants of the old Norse language one way or another, so hardly a coincidence :)

[@mrtulipeater]

That’s also how you i.d. viking era towns in DK (feks hedeby or dalby).

[@rizalidris8328]

This video is not 10 minutes disappointed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Viking is not from Old English, it is from Old Norse, and indeed, is not known in English before 1807. From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online: Origin and Etymology of viking Old Norse vīkingr First Known Use: 1807 But, keep up the good work! I thoroughly enjoy your videos.

[@randomperson7225]

Good video👍🏼

[@cheydinal5401]

1:38 How do we know the coastline looked like that? I mean if true, that was presumably because the sea level was higher, but how do we know that? Anything I can find on Google says the sea level was lower in recent the recent decades and millenia

[@Alex-vd9kk]

It was drained

[@Ruebacca]

Dutch land reclamation methods were used after the 16th century to make more farmland.

[@MoonBurn13]

Can you some day do an overview of the Vikings in America?

[@DoctorX101]

They always fail in the playoffs. What?

[@michaelfritts6249]

​​@@DoctorX101 Fran Tarkenton.. the Great American Viking.. Always a valiant and glorious Viking!! (He did go on a few trading voyages) Always defeated in American Football's version of Ragnarok.. Always worthy of lifting a mug in respect and honor!! As a Seahawk Fan 💙💚, "Skaal!!" or "Skol!!".. Be Well Sir!! 💜💛 😀

[@DoctorX101]

@@michaelfritts6249 Excellent! Good ol' Fran, deserved to win one. Though not My Team™, I always sort of root for them as an underdog!

[@michaelfritts6249]

​@@DoctorX101Nice part is UW Huskies purple and gold hearts were not hard to find (used quite a bit lately) and work well for the Vikings.. 😉 Be Well!! 😃

[@DoctorX101]

@@michaelfritts6249 You too! Not sure who to root for. Have UW and Michigan connections. 😅

[@madslj3892]

You should have added a "Tv-Series VIKINGS SPOILER" ;)

[@pphyjynx8217]

i doubt it, vikings the tv series isn't really based on history, yeah a lot of history is in it, but it's mostly based on myths and legends.

[@davesy6969]

Ivar the flatpack brought over Scandinavian furniture that the anglo saxons couldn't assemble.

[@martinspires8636]

That's good

[@beersmurff]

Norse does not mean, from Norway. Norse is a common term for Danes, Swedes and Norwegians. People from Norway are called Norwegians. Also, there very plenty of recorded raids before 790's. The raids of North men and Norse wolves and Danes were mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles and Frankish Annals long before. Lindisfarne was just the first time recorded they went for a power center and a christian monastery.

[@yourmajesty1361]

I really want to know more about how the english coastline got changed so dramatically

[@pphyjynx8217]

most of the flooded land wasn't deep, mostly marshes and swamps, as the population increased and technology improved most of the swamps were drained and used for agriculture.

[@adamapple3006]

1:39 What?! Why was I never taught this before?!

[@TheMglitcher1]

gotta love that scunthorpe

[@garomistory]

These were the years before the most dangerous Viking of all, James Bissionette, came to England and invaded every single History Matters video in a matter of seconds

[@cmachinist]

Snottingham, just down the road from Poopingham.

[@hellodavey1902]

@History Matters... I think we should separate the term Anglo-Saxon. The fact that the Jutes, Angles & Saxons were DIFFERENT tribes fighting each other from 455-927 defines that part of this land’s history. What do you think?

[@teakhydra]

love the animation ahah

[@dcbsmt]

Nottingham was Snottingham??? :D That's my favourite fact of the week.

[@theprophetofthepastagod5633]

Ivar the B O N E L E S S is my favorite anime character

[@seneca983]

2:09 I say change the name back to Snottingham!

[@SFgaming007]

I know you probably won't see this but where did you get the map for englands coast line in the dark ages

[@wingninjagaming]

Wait, why was it so flooded?

[@CyberFerretGaming]

it was swampland and marshes that were drained later on.

[@freyaj03]

The Fens are a mostly reclaimed area of land, much like the Dutch polders. Known for their flatness and abundance of cabbage

[@davidmapping4041]

EJ Vlogs 'n Gaming have. You heard of the medical warming period in the Middle Ages a global warming occurred which helped the Vikings a lot........

[@zakback9937]

He he so that's why Holland has a water problem.

[@Carewolf]

Since the ice age land that used to be under the icesheet has risen. Many parts of Denmark has risen some 10m over the last 1000 years, many Viking harbors are now far inland.

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

3:40 Where's Whiterun?